configure: check for python3 existence

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9f2ed5828c..2e6187ad37 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ configuration="$*"
 
 # Prefer these macros to full length text !
 # These macros only return an error code - NO display is done
+command_check() {
+  echo >> "$TMPLOG"
+  echo "$@" >> "$TMPLOG"
+  "$@" >> "$TMPLOG" 2>&1
+  TMPRES="$?"
+  echo >> "$TMPLOG"
+  return "$TMPRES"
+}
+
 compile_check() {
   source="$1"
   shift
@@ -1088,6 +1097,10 @@ echocheck "working compiler"
 cflag_check "" || die "Compiler is not functioning correctly. Check your installation and custom CFLAGS $CFLAGS ."
 echo "yes"
 
+echocheck "python3"
+command_check python3 -c '' || die "Python 3 is not functioning correctly. Check your installation and PATH."
+echo yes
+
 if test -z "$_target" && x86 ; then
   cat > $TMPC << EOF
 int main(void) {